Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health

Hydrocolloid derivatives as functional food ingredients - ’HYFFI’
September 2009

£7.7m for University of Ulster Cross-Border Research
May 2009

NICHE has successfully competed for substantial funding from the Department for Employment and Learning as part of its cross-border research and development programme entitled ‘Strengthening the all-island research base’. The funding which is in the region of £1.2 million is aimed at building additional and sustainable research capacity in nutrition and bone health focused on identifying strategies to prevent osteoporosis. NICHE is a leading exponent in research in this area and will be working in partnership with Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and University College Cork.

Ulster Leads Health Technology Drive
May 2009

The Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre (C-TRIC) was officially opened by Alastair Hamilton, chief executive, Invest NI

Ulster researchers will use the C-TRIC facility in assessing one-third of participants in a 6,000 people island-wide survey (TUDA Study) which is being conducted by Ulster and universities in the Republic into ways of tackling osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease and stroke.

Magee Set to Host Heart Screening Clinic
January 2009

The charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is to hold its first ever series of heart screenings in the North West at the University of Ulster’s Magee campus next month

Postgraduate Studentship opportunities at NICHE

Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses Biomedical Sciences

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